Politics

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel have consented to strengthen the two countries’ ties, especially in clean agriculture. The two heads of government joined talks in Brussels on Tuesday within the framework of PM Phuc’s official visit to Belgium from October 16 to 19, …

Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Ngo Xuan Lich has asked the United States to actively cooperate with Vietnam in a project to remove dioxins from a military airport in the southern province of Dong Nai. Minister Lich made the suggestion during his meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis …

The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) on October 10 held an opening hearing on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) between Vietnam and the European Union (EU). Addressing the event, Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the hearing Deputy Minister of Industry …

The visit comes as the US is pushing a new strategy to ensure a “free and open Indo-Pacific” region with partners such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. US Defense Secretary James Mattis will visit Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest economic hub, on October 16-17, marking his second trip …

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on October 11 met with several other attendees on the sidelines of the ongoing 17th Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia. Minh had a meeting with Foreign Minister of Mali Camara Kamissa, where the two agreed to increase exchanges of high-level visits …

Vice Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy met with high-ranking naval officials of Japan and India in Jeju Island, the Republic of Korea on October 11, a day before the 16th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) opens. He met with Admiral Yutaka Murakawa, Chief of Staff …

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have stressed the need to create breakthroughs in bilateral economic cooperation, making it the main pillar of the strategic partnership between Vietnam and Indonesia. During their talks in Bali, Indonesia, on October 12, the leaders exchanged views on orientations to …

590 pieces of ammunition including mortar shells and rockets found in central Vietnam have been disposed of. The bunker was discovered Wednesday at the construction site of a guest house for the local military headquarters near the Thach Han River in the central Quang Tri Province. The 590 pieces of …

A Vietnamese frigate participates in an international parade at sea Thursday with warships from 12 other countries. The 015 Tran Hung Dao, a Russian built Gepard-class frigate with advanced military equipment, arrived in South Korea Wednesday along with a Vietnamese delegation for the International Fleet Review, Bao Hai Quan (Vietnamese …

The Vietnamese military has successfully privatized 32 enterprises and divested all state capital from 10 joint stock companies. Major General Nguyen Van Duc, director of the Ministry of Defense’s department of propaganda and training, said Tuesday that the ministry has successfully completed the equitization of 32 enterprises out of the …